There will be blood all right and not just in oil, which suffered a steep drop to fall for the first day in four. As Twilight tweens screamed to see another gory story at the box office, S&P 500

They’re baaaaaaaack! Bella, Edward, Jacob, and the cast of the vampire romance The Twilight Saga: New Moon are expected to take a big bite from movie theater box offices this weekend. And if th

Low fat. No money down. Mission accomplished. Occasionally, the folks behind a product feel the need to paint a picture that isn't necessarily true to lure in the unsuspecting masses. Be it a purport

With over 16,000 store locations worldwide and 176,000 employees whipping up double tall lattes, the Starbucks (SBUX) franchise doesn't seem like it ever had to struggle from humble roots. Its quick

When Daniel Morris, an employee at the Oregon Department of Health, first saw the numbers, he was sure that something was wrong.Looking at tobacco production figures for April 2009, he noticed that p

For the tobacco industry, there’s a lot of money to be made by getting people hooked on cigarettes and keeping them as customers for life. But smoking cessation products are increasingly sendin

It may not be comforting to Apple (AAPL), but a smartphone competitor could find solace in hitting the 100,000 sales mark on its first weekend. Mark McKechnie at Broadpoint AmTech estimates that Moto

The Senate approved yet another plan to stimulate the economy. It's called, throwing $33 billion at homebuilders. This is, of course, doing nothing but giving money to the greedy people that helped c

The coffee king will provide a window into the consumer’s mind when it announces earnings later today. Analysts expect Starbucks (SBUX) to report fourth-quarter earnings of about $0.21 per shar

While AT&T (T) and Apple (AAPL) may compose some attractive ads showcasing the iPhone's slickest features, Verizon (VZ) can make the two companies stand and take notice by touting one superior as